Wear-strip and retainer for securing coverings to the frames of car-seats.



' Patented N0v.30, 1909.

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5f/Mw o THE FRAMES E GAE SEATS.

, Y. A l i' u E'. E. HENRY. WEAR STRIP AND RETAINER FOR SEGURING COYBRINGS T APPLICATION FILED DBO. 4, 19 06 To all inkom 'it may concern: l 1

` iiNiTED srArEs FRED H. HENRY, or PH vPATENT oiiiiioii.

ILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T iiJ'OHN BRILL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WEAR-STRIP AND RETAINER FOR siicURiNe cov'ERiNGs To TnE FRAMES or v cAR-sEA'/s. f

Beit known that I, FRED H. Hiiiiiir, a

citizen of the United States, residing vin Philadelphia,- Pennsylvania, have invented certain vImprovements in learTStrips and Retainers forfSecuring .Coverings to the Frames of Car-Seats, of Which the following is `av specification. l

A"My invention relates to certainl improve! ments .in vcar `'seats and .especially those in Which the seatsectionv is removable and which must rest upon a fixed support.

The objectofiny Iinvention is to provide means for firmly securing the rataii or othei' covering -tothe seatfraine so thatwhile the covering material Will be irmly attached to the scat the means will ac t asa wear plate for' protecting the funderlappiiig portion of the. covering which is ordinarily subjected to. considerable ive'ar,. o\ving to the rough usage to ivhicha car seatis usually sub' jected.

In the accompanying drawings :L Figure l, isan inverted plan View of acar seat illustrating my invention; Fig. 2, is a transverse sectional view on the'liiie 2;-2', Fig.v 1'; Fig. 3, is a sectional vienT showing. the parts detaclied;` Fig. 4, is an enlarged v ieW of part of AFig, =,2; Fig. 5, is a perspective view of a portion of the Wear strip', Figs. 6, 7 and 8, are viewls of modificationsv of my invention.

Car seats arev either covered With cloth or ratan, and `ratan is extensively used for the covering of the seats of kall classes of cars,` 4excepting vfirst class passenger coaches.

. Ratan is very'diificult to secure properly to the seat frames owing to the fact that the edge is roughv and the `/interineshin'g strips are liable to become unraveled.

- By myinvention I. can firmly secure the, edges of the strip to thefraine of the seat-, the securing Vdevice also acting as alwearV strip for protecting the underlapping portion of the ratancovering.

It will be understood-that my linvention can be used in 'securing the ordinary fabric .covering to the lseat frame Without depart-` ing from theinvention. l .f v

quad rangular frame of the car seat, B the spring supporting`A strips, C. the springs, C Athe spring plates and D the fabric covering, either ratan or cloth. This covering is sup- Slieoiijostion of Letters Patent. Application filed December 4, 1906. Seri-a1 No. $46,251.

wear.

Patentedfivoif. so, 1909.

v'In order to firmly securelthe covering tov .the frame I forni a longitudinal groove a` ported by the spring plates and extends o .'er

(Fig.v 3), in each side strip of the frameA and the underlapping'portion (l of the covering is forced intothis groove a by the Wear strip E, which is made in the form. of a channel, as illustrated in Fig. 5,the channel portion e i'itting vin the groove a and the iianges c ande2 underlapping the covering. These flanges protect the' covering from The strip 'E isv secured -tothe frame A by means of screws or nails f, the channel being of such a depth that theheads of the screws, or nails will not project beyond the surface of the Wear sti-ip, leaving the surface of the strip perfectly-smooth. Another feature is that the strip is the only means of securing the covering to the seat frame, so that when it is necessary to replace the covering the strips can be readily removed, the coverA ing quickly detached and a 'new coveringedges of the strip Will be in Contact with the L' material, Amaking a neat fit.

vIn Fig. 7, I have shown a modification in which the short flange c2 is dispensed With and in Fig. 6, I.-liave shown the iange cv provided with a lip e3 extending over the edge ofthe seat so as to protect the fabric at the exposed' corner.v In some instances I mayoiily extend the strip-on `the two -sides of the car'seat` Whichfare exposed to the 1 greatest Wear and secure the covering to the .ends-by 'tacks or other ordinary fastenings, -but I prefer Where possible to utilize the Wear strip at the ends of the seats as well as at the sides. *A

Thus it Will be seen that I can Aprovide a very cheap and substantial means for securing the coverings of car seats, especially ratan coverings, can dispense with the use of tacks at the saine timeutilize the said means as a protector forthe underlapping portion ino of Ythe covering andso attalithe means to the frame df the car seat that it can be readily removed when it is desired to replace the covering. v

1. The combination in a car Seat, of a frame having-a groove. in its under side, a Cover underlapping the frame 'and extending into the groove, a metallic channel Wear stripz the channehportion of the Wear stripv entering the groove and confining the covering to thev frame, said Wear strip having an.

extended flange on each side overlapping the covering and the frame beyond the channel, and a headed retaining means driven through the base of the channel section into the frame of the seat; substantially as described.

frame having 2a groove in its underside, a

covering vnderlapping the frame and ex: tending into the groove, a metallic channel Wear Strip, the channel portion of the Wear strip entering the groove and conning the covering to the frame, said `strip having a .langeextending to the edge of the seat, and

a lip on the flange projecting upward and protecting the covering at the edge of the seat, and headed retaining means driven through the base of the channel section, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my naine to this specification', in the presence of' two subscribing Witnesses.

FRED H. HENRY.

Witnesses:

J os. H. KLEIN, WM. A. BARR. 

